Bin Luo, Sinan Wang, Xingqi Song, Shuo Chen, Qiaoyu Qi, Wenyi Chen, Xiaoyuan Deng, Yufeng Ni, Chengzhen Chu, Guangdong Zhou, Xiaohong Qin, Dong Lei, Zhengwei You
Tissue engineering and electrotherapy are two promising methods to promote tissue repair. However, their integration remains an underexplored area, because their requirements on devices are usually distinct. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have shown great potential to develop self-powered devices. However, due to their susceptibility to moisture, TENGs have to be encapsulated in vivo. Therefore, existing TENGs cannot be employed as tissue engineering scaffolds, which require direct interaction with surrounding cells...
March 28, 2024: Advanced Materials